Getting a grip on aging

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-

  Huang, Allen R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMORBIDITY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND GRIP; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MORTALITY;

EID: 77950876277     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100004     Document Type: Note

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